Scouts: Food Safety Authority Award.

Guys

Well I made it through the night without interruption. The first hurdle has been passed, and After Port’s victory is looking more sound.

A huge thanks to Phil – he put in many hours organizing the menu, quantity surveying, shopping and worrying. Also to the other leaders for assistance with setup and crowd control. To all you parents for risking their health!!!!

And to the Scouts for being game enough to give this a go. Everyone helped, it looked like all had fun.

Lessons learned?

·         You can do it, cooking is easy and great fun

·         Did you follow the recipes carefully? No – only one watch put herbs in their burger. The chutney remained unopened.

·         Did you look at the pictures?  No - Only one watch properly stacked the dessert pancakes.

·         Did it matter? Not really. Lesson – follow your heart or instincts. They are usually right even if they don't follow the instructions.

Roger

Shrek sold out - Fantastic effort!!!

Well done guys!

Cheers

Roger

Scouts: Thursday night (please bring a glass or cup.

Scouts (not parents)

Please bring your own drinking glass or cup (labelled) on Thursday night.

The food has been purchased (we are broke) and it looks great.

Roger

Scouts: Thursday night arrangements, watch requirements, new time 6:30pm, $2.00 per head

Guys

We have come to the conclusion that we need to get all Scouts at the den at 6:30pm to ensure we get dinner before midnight. Coxswains and Ass't Coxswains need to make sure that each watch needs to bring the following items.

Equipment (labelled)

3 chopping boards per watch (minimum)

6 plastic or glass mixing bowls (1 each)

2 wooden spoons

2 electric frying pans or mini BBQ (in addition to provided BBQ)

1 hand egg-beater or electric beater/processor

2 BBQ slices for turning food

  6 Tea towels (minimum)                            

  2 Hand towels (minimum)

Cost will be $2.00 per head (including Scouts) or more if you so desire.

See you on Thursday for a fantastic culinary experience!!

Cheers

Phil  and Roger

Scouts: MasterChef Scouts PARENTS

Parents

The Scouts will be treating their families to a culinary delight on Thursday 24 June.

Unlike the last few years when the Watches have cooked for their parents at a house, this year Parents and families are invited to the Scout Den at 7pm where the Scouts will be cooking and presenting a three course Cordon Bleu meal in the style of MasterChef.

Cheers

Roger

Scouts: Last night

Hi Guys

Well what an interesting night. Matariki was a little crowded for the first group but the one performer they listened too before departing to the squid and earthquake exhibits was brilliant. What caught my eye is that Te Papa is always changing so that one can never go there enough. The radio sculptures caught my eye. Good news was that we lost just one person – a Leader and driver!!

The trip to Beacon Hill will have taught most of you a lesson – always prepare yourself before going. Who else checked that the Leader’s instructions were correct? I didn’t. I assumed it was right. And we all know that “assume” makes an ASS of U and ME. Having said that, being lost brings the team spirit into play, and I found a good co-navigator in my car. The silver lining to the dark cloud. And Beaacon Hill itself was brilliant – lots of boys toys and stories to share. Would be good for smaller groups to go back when the new building is finished.

Thanks Randall for suggesting and organising a great night. To you parents – apologies for the late return. Hope Phil put on a perfect cup of tea!!

Roger

Beacon Hill site visit follow-up

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to say thanks to all of you for making last night a success.

Linda made a point of telling me that you as a group were a pleasure to host; you handled yourselves extremely well, asked excellent questions, and seemed to appreciate the nature of this very important role.

Another huge thanks goes out to the parents who drove out to the wilds of Strathmore Park due to a poor map but still managed to get to the station.  I will take my flogging for this, deservedly ;-)

Well done, troop.

Randall

Program for 10 June 2010

Hi everyone,

The program for Thursday night will go approximately as follows:

We will split the troop up along sides; port = group 1, starboard = group 2

Leaving together from the den at around 6:40pm, group 1 will travel to Te Papa, and group 2 will go directly to Beacon Hill.  I will be at Beacon the entire night to shuffle everyone through.  There is a new exhibit at Te Papa that opens tomorrow celebrating Matariki, so up on level 4 in the marae there should be lots of activities.

At around 7:40 group 2 will go to Te Papa, and at 7:50 group 1 will go to Beacon Hill.

And at around 8:40, both groups will head back to the den, and we expect to be back right around 9pm.

I will have maps for all drivers, but below is a link to a Google map:

http://maps.google.co.nz/?ie=UTF8&ll=-41.329002,174.818401&spn=0.023848,0.04107&z=15

The Beacon Hill Harbourmaster Station is located at the very end of Bowes Crescent, above Ataturk Park.

Cheers,
Randall

Reminder about Beacon Hill site visit

Hi guys,

Just a reminder that we will be visiting the Beacon Hill Harbourmasters' station in Miramar this coming Thursday.

We will be meeting the Harbourmaster on duty, learning about what they do, and touring the station buildings.  And of course they will be happy to answer questions, so give it a bit of thought over the next few days.

I have asked all the coxswains to organise transportation for their watch, ideally in two vehicles.

Please be at the den ready to go at 6:30pm.  I will provide maps to all the drivers, and of course the drivers are welcome to join us.  The station is in a residential neighbourhood, so parking will be limited.

I'll ring up coxes on Tuesday night just to make sure we are all covered.

Cheers,
Randall

The VERY last chance for Jamboree forms

We made mention of it tonight to all Scouts who still have outstanding Jamboree forms, but here it is in writing:

Signed forms must be presented to Rachel Parsons by Sunday evening.

No form, no Jamboree, no kidding.